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Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 02:31:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: -Vince- <vince@penzance.econ.yale.edu>
To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu>
cc: Gary Palmer <gary@palmer.demon.co.uk>,
        Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>,
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Subject: Re: Some questions 
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On Sun, 6 Aug 1995, Chuck Robey wrote:

> On Sun, 6 Aug 1995, -Vince- wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 6 Aug 1995, Gary Palmer wrote:
> > 
> > > In message <199508061441.AAA20812@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, Michael Smith
> > >  writes:
> > > >-Vince- stands accused of saying:
> > > >> 	I bought it for $29.95, how does the DNS and Bind differ from 
> > > >> their TCP/IP book?
> > > 
> > > >Well, the DNS and Bind book talks about DNS and Bind, and the TCP/IP book
> > > >covers lots of things, starting with the protocols & working up from
> > > >there.  From the blurb I have here, the latter doesn't cover the DNS in
> > > >any great depth.
> > > 
> > > I'll put it this way - if you want to administer your own DNS domain, the
> > > O'Reilly DNS & Bind nutshell book is a lifesaver.... Well worth the
> > > investment, even for a small domain.
> > 
> > 	Hmmm, it seems their TCP/IP book covers alot of what we wanted to 
> > know though already....
> 
> The difference is, the TCP/IP book has one chapter, consisting of 18 
> pages, on setting up DNS.  True, some of the same info is covered, but if 
> you don't have a real good idea of how it works in the first place (I 
> didn't) then you do need the DNS/BIND book.

	True but is the TCP/IP book a good book to have as well?


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